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Conservatives are continuing their assault on former Bush
counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke, a man who President Bush
personally praised


(http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...pl_afp/0403290
72322_nhxp2psc_photo0)

. The right-wing attack machine is now resorting to unsubstantiated
claims and even racially charged rhetoric to try to change the subject.
On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) demanded that
Clarke's 2002 private testimony to the congressional 9/11 commission be
declassified claiming that Clarke "has told two entirely different
stories (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/26/po...6CND-PTEX.html) ."
Frist specifically recounted details of what he said was Clarke's
closed-door testimony. But as questions were raised about the legality
of Frist's disclosure of still-classified testimony


(http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...WECRBAE0CF EY
?type=topNews&storyID=4674261)

, Frist quickly "retreated" from his claims, admitting "that he
personally had no knowledge that there were any discrepancies
(http://slate.msn.com/id/2097884/) between" Clarke's 2002 testimony and
his testimony last week. On the talk shows, Ann Coulter disparaged
Clarke, saying he was just " upset a black woman took his job
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4608258/) " while Robert Novak asked a
guest "Do you believe Dick Clarke has a problem with this
African-American woman
(http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0403/25/cf.00.html) , Condoleezza Rice?"
But in all of the huffing and puffing, not one Bush official or
right-wing pundit has addressed the fundamental question: why was the
Bush Administration asleep at the wheel before 9/11?



What would you be saying if President Bush had said lets preemptively attack
Afghanistan, because Mr. Clarke says that Al Quaida is going to be attack
the USA sometime and we need to get rid of them. And he did this 3 months
after taking office? Would you not be in line as a loyal Liberal calling
for his impeachment?


Do you beLIEve attacking Afghanistan would have prevented 9/11? I'd
rather see some less drastic measures like tightened security at
airports, Checking into registration at flight school, Follow up on
reports of subversive activity, maybe even putting armed marshals back
on airplanes; Genuine counter terrorism measures. remember this attack
was pulled off by less than 20 very lightly armed men.